Shirt



Jain. 19,1926. 1,570,208

J. H. CRONIN SHIRT Filed Sept. 4, 1924 fi w INVENTOR' J'o HN H. Crzoum Patented Jam. 19, 1923. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICQV JOHN H. CRONIN, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOB 'ro THE [Elmo SHIR PANY, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, A COBPORATIQN or KENTUCKY. I

SHIRT,

Application filed September To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, JOHN H. CRONIN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

Hy invention is an improvement in shirts, and with respect to its more specific features, in shirts of the negligee type.

In the usual construction of shirt of the type in question, the closing flap has a facing, usually of the same material .as the shirt, stitched to the flap with its side edges free, and forming the front ply of the flap.

This facing adds to the cost of the shirt, increases the difficulty in laundering, and definitely marks the position of the flap, giving undue prominence to the connection between the flaps, and to the securing means for the flaps, which occupy a central position on the length of the facing.

The collars and cuffs of such shirts are of multiply material, and the plies are connected at the free edges of the collars and cuffs by lines of stitching which parallel such edges. The pockets, when the shirt has pockets, are usually formed from a patch piece, stitched to the front ofthe shirt, the body of the shirt forming the rear wall of the pocket.

All of the elements of the shirt, which may be classed as accessories, such as the closing flap, the collar, the cuffs and the pockets, display lines of stitching, breaking the smooth continuity of the material, giving undue prominence to divisions and connections, and increasing the'labor, because such lines must be straight and even, with the stitches uniform. T

An object of the present invention is the provision of a shirt, wherein the bosom presents a uniform surface, unmarred by stitching and with a minimum of emphasis where there are breaks of continuity.

Another object is to provide a construction wherein there is a minimum of stitching displayed on the cuffs and collars at the closing flap and pockets. 7

IVith these and other. objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts fully described hereinafter, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims appended hereto, it being understood that va- 4, 1924. Serial No. 735,810.

rious changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to withput departing from the spirit of the invenion. 1

In the drawings: r Fig. 1 is a front elevaton of a shirt embodyingthe improvements; r i

F igs. 2, 3, 4:, 5 and 6, are sections on the lines 22; 33; H; 5-5; and 66, re spectively, of Fig. 1. o

In the present embodiment of the invention, the shirt of the negligee type comprises the usual body 1 and sleeves 2, the sleeves carrying cuffs, and the body having an attached collar. The shirt, as is usual in shirts of this type, opens at the front, having lapping front and rear flaps, onlythe former of which is shown. The said flap, referring to Fig. 2, is multiply, consisting of a front ply 3, which'is an integral part of the'bosom portion of the body, a rear ply 4, and an intermediate ply 5. The plies 4 and 5 are formed by doubling a piece of suitable ma terial, and the said plies are connected to the ply 3 by a line of stitching indicated at 6.

In making-the flap the free edge of the bosom portion. of the shirt at the front opening is'secured to the double ply 4.5 by a line of stitching 6. This edge is then folded back upon itself, as shown, and then again to bring the double ply 4 5 on'the inner face of the bosom, thus concealing the line of stitching 6 between the front ply 3 of the flap and the the shirt bosom and the double fold or hem 7, so that no stitching appears on the front of the flap, except the stitching of the button holes. The buttons indicated at 9, are secured to the inner or lower flap in the usual manner, to register with the button holes, and to engage the same when the front of the shirt is closed. 7

It will be evident from the. description,

that so far as concerns the flap, there is a smooth, continuous surface from the free edge of the flap outwardly, uninterrupted by any stitching in lines, such as would be noticeable and thus emphasize the flap construction and the front opening.

The collar and the cuffs are similarly con structed, as will be evident from an inspection of Figs. 4 and 5, the former being a section through the collar and the latter a section through the cuff. The collar is composed 'of an outer or display ply 10, and an inner ply 10. At the free edges of the collar the plies are connected by a line of stitehing 11. In making the collar, the plies 10 and 10 are arranged face to face, with their backs outward. They are stitched in this position, after which they are folded about the hem, so that the faces of the plies are outward. The disconnected edges of the piles are then inserted between the plies 12 and 13 'of a neck band, and are secured in such position by stitching 14:, the free edges of the plies 12 and 13 being turns-l in prior 'to the stitching. The neck band is secured to the shirt body 1, by means of stitching 15, the plies being arranged on opposite sides of the body, with their edges turned in shown, prior to the stitching.

Each cuff is composed of an outer ply 16 and an inner ply 1'7, and the edges of the plies at the free edge of the cuff are connected by stitching 18, which is arranged in the same manner as the stitching 11, that is between the plies. At the opposite edge the material of the sleeve 2 is inserted between the inturned edges of the plies, as shown in 5, and connected by stitching 19. YVith this arrangement the connection at the free edges of the collar and cuffs is concealed between the plies, so that the visib'le surface of the collar and cuffs is smooth, uniform, and uninterrupted by stitches.

When the shirt is provided with pockets, the pockets are formed each from separate pieces of material. Referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that each pocket is composed of a front fold 20 and a rear fold 21. At the free edge of the pocket the folds are inturned as shown, and connected by stitch ing 22. The bosom of the shirt is slitted transversely at the pocket position, as indicated at 23, and the folds 20 and 21 are secured to the "bosom at opposite sides of the slit, the fold 20 being secured to the lower wall of the slit, while the fold 21 is secured to the upper wall. The lower fold is secured by stitching 24, the edge of the slit and the edge of the fold being inturned prior to the stitching. The fold 21 is connected at the top of the slit by a stiffening piece This piece 25 is a two-ply strip, and the free edge of the fold 21 is folded about one edge of the two-ply strip and secured thereto by stitches indicated at 26. The opposite edge of the strip 25 is turned over upon itself as indicated at 27 and the turn :l over edge and the fold 21 are connected to the body of the shirt above the slit by a line of stitching 28. The provision of the double-strip provides for a slight stiffening and reinforcing of the upper edge of the slit, so that the pocket opens easily. Preferably, means is provided for holding that portion of the shirt below the slit 23 to the pocket. The said means in the present instance is a button hole 29, formed in. the shirt body 1, and the front fold 20 of the pocket. A button 30 is secured to the rear fold 21 of the pocket for engaging the rear fold.

The cuffs may have the usual buttons and button holes, indicated at 31, or they may have merely registering button holes for receiving separable buttons.

It will be evident from the description, that all of the terminal portions of the shirt which are visible when the shirt is worn, such as the collar, the cuffs, and the closing flap, are multiply, comprising at least an inner and an outer ply, and that the plies are connected at the free edges of said terminal portions, by stitching be tween the plies, and hidden thereby.

I claim:

1. In a shirt of the class described, a multiply closing flap, the outer ply an integral portion of the shirt front, presenting a smooth uninterrupted continuation thereof, said ply having an inturned portion carrying the inner plies, forming the free edge of the closing flap, and lapping upon the rear of the remaining plies and secured thereto by stitching between the shirt front and the inturned portion.

2. A shirt of the class described, having a closing flap including an integral part of the shirt front inturned, and a number of plies received at one edge between the inturned portion and the front of the shirt, and secured to the inturned portion, between the inturned portion and the shirt front, said inturned portion forming the free edge of the closing flap, and a part of the rear face thereof, and covering the adjacent edges of the plies, the shirt having buttonholes extending through the plies and the shirt front, the stitching of the button-holes securing the plies to the said front.

Signed at Louisville in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky this 1st day of Sept, A. D. 192 1.

JOHN CRONIN. 

